NETWORK SWITCH SYSTEMS INCLUDING LOGICAL SWITCHES
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1. A network switch system comprising:
- a logical switch; and
a controller to dynamically instantiate the logical switch as a containerized switch stack to meet dynamic service needs,wherein the logical switch includes a control plane isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system to logically isolate and partition the logical switch at an application level, and wherein the logical switch includes a protocol stack independent of and isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system.
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Abstract
An example system in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a logical switch and a controller to dynamically instantiate the logical switch including a control plane isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system. The logical switch includes a protocol stack independent of and isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system.
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1. A network switch system comprising:
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a logical switch; and a controller to dynamically instantiate the logical switch as a containerized switch stack to meet dynamic service needs, wherein the logical switch includes a control plane isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system to logically isolate and partition the logical switch at an application level, and wherein the logical switch includes a protocol stack independent of and isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network switch system comprising:
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a controller; and a plurality of logical switches dynamically instantiated by the controller as a plurality of containerized switch stacks to meet dynamic service needs, wherein a given logical switch includes a control plane and a protocol stack isolated from other logical switches of the network switch system to logically isolate and partition the given logical switch at an application level; wherein the controller is to run the plurality of logical switches in a chassis-based infrastructure to provide a logical switch per tenant in a multi-tenant environment, and wherein the controller is to provide a composable architecture to add or remove different personalities dynamically over time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of instantiating a logical switch of a network switch system, comprising:
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preparing a default container by initializing a common set of services, which are common to the network switch system; instantiating each logical switch to be configured, based on a container list of containers to be configured and a network list of internal networks to be created per container; and preparing switch buffer resources across the network switch system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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